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 Tom at Radio Free New Jersey
has a tall, beautiful oak tree in his yard. He found that the tree was
casting a shadow on the solar heater for his pool, so he planned to cut
the tree down.
Then he had in inspiration: Why not leave the
tree alone, and sell its carbon sequestration services to someone out
there who was feeling guilty about their lifestyle? He would do a good
deed, and for that he would be willing to put up with a slightly cooler
swimming pool.
So, he put an ad on eBay, hoping to get a bid of
$420 based on his calculation of how much carbon the tree would end up
sequestering.
Alas, eBay yanked the auction after a few days
without really explaining why. Tom speculates that eBay secretly knows
that carbon credits are a scam, and thus is not willing for them to be
sold on its site.
In my opinion, it is equally likely that the
eBay folks accept the concept of carbon credits, and saw Tom's auction
as mockery of the concept. Which it was, of course.
Bravo, Tom, for giving it a try. Perhaps you could find a way to contact the Gore estate; it seems that they could use a little feel-good P.R. right now.
When
I think of all of the trees I've cut down on my property for one reason
or another, and think about people who are more than willing to part
with their money in the belief that the act frees them to maintain
their wasteful lifestyles...... sigh...... what could have been. Source
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